Adult Test 2 (USAHS) questions with correct answers

About how many new cases a year of a SCI is there? - Answer 17,500 About how many people are living with SCI at the moment? - Answer 285,000 What are the leading causes of SCI? - Answer MVA, followed by falls, acts of violence and sports What is the common common SCI injury? - Answer Incomplete Tetraplegia Most SCI occur to what population? - Answer Young males SCI causes a disruption to the what> - Answer Motor and sensory pathways at the site of the lesion How are SCI defined? - Answer By both the severity and location of the injury Neurological level SCI is classified by? - Answer The lowest (most caudal) level of the spinal cord with normal sensory and motor function bilaterall When doing ASIA testing you should test? - Answer Both sides all the way down ASIA A - Answer complete, no sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5